When we reached out Curtis McMurtry, he mentioned another artist that would be interested in performing on the show, Diana Burgess. In fact, many of our artists are sent to us by other artists who've performed on the show. Having Curtis and Diana in studio on the same day was like winning the lottery! 

Diana Burgess is a cellist, educator and composer based in Austin, TX. Diana holds a Bachelor's of Music in Cello Performance at UT Austin and focuses primarily on writing, performing, touring and collaborating with artists in a variety of genres.

Since 2010 Diana has been a member of Austin orchestral pop band Mother Falcon, and with the group has toured throughout the United States and Canada, performed for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert, and collaborated with artists including Ben Sollee, Kaki King, Amanda Palmer, Todd Reynolds, and Gina Chavez. In addition to performing, Diana contributes to the writing process in Mother Falcon, most notably in the creation of an original score for their collaboration with Glass Half Full Theater in a production of Petra and the Wolf, a Texas-based adaptation of Peter and the Wolf, which began touring the US in 2017.

Diana is the co-founder, outreach director and cello teacher for the Mother Falcon Music Lab, a unique music education program encouraging young musicians to discover their creative voice through collaborative songwriting.

As a solo artist, Diana has just completed her debut album You Run, released in summer 2020. Diana is the sole performer on You Run’s twelve original songs, creating lush, haunting worlds of layered vocals, cellos, tenor guitars, and more.

Learn more about Diana.